Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays were performed using the MAGnify Chromatin Immunoprecipitation System (Thermo Fisher Scientific, 49–2024) as previously described (26 (link)). IgG antibodies were included in the kit and anti-HSF1 (Abcam ChIP Grade, AB2923), anti-MYC-tag (Cell Signaling, 2278), anti-histone H3-acetyl K27 (Abcam ChIP Grade, AB4729), anti-histone H3-mono methyl K4 (Abcam ChIP Grade, AB8895) antibodies were used according to the manufacturer’s instructions. The set of primers used for ChIP allows amplification of target regions including HSF1 binding sites at intron 2 and at the 5′UTR region of the locus. FOXO3 exon 3 region was used as a control (sequences are listed in ‘Additional Material’).